The Wilderness of Manitoba debut and Bruckner’s 4th on Society of Sound
The most interesting sound on When You Left The Fire, the achingly lush, understated debut from Canadian chamber-folk ensemble The Wilderness of Manitoba, doesn’t come from an instrument at all… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 12 Dec 2011
Categories: Music, New music
Tags: bernard haitink, Bruckner's 4th Symphony, lossless sound, LSO Live, new folk, The Wilderness of Manitoba, When you left the fire
The making of the site-specific album, Listen to the Light
Central Park (Listen to the Light) is a new album from Bluebrain – a site-specific work of music that responds to the listener’s location within the stretch of green of… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 8 Dec 2011
Categories: Music, New music
Tags: Blue Brain, Central Park, iPad app, iPhone app, Listen to the Light, site-specific music
Album Review: The Black Keys – El Camino (Nonesuch)
The Black Keys might be the only recession-proof thing Akron, Ohio has produced in recent decades. Even as the former rubber capitol—at one point in its history home to four… Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 6 Dec 2011
Categories: Music, New music, Tone Audio album reviews
Tags: new album reviews, The Black Keys
Album Review: Tom Petty – Kiss My Amps (Reprise)
If you were fortunate enough to see Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on their recent Mojo tour, you know just how cool this record truly is. Tom Petty and second… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 30 Nov 2011
Categories: Music, New music, Tone Audio album reviews
Tags: album reviews, Tom Petty, TONEAudio
Boddie Recording Company and Beethoven’s 5th Symphony on Society of Sound
Possibly the strangest pairing on Society of Sound in a long time, this month’s albums feature rare archival recordings from the Boddie Recording Company and one of the most famous… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 10 Nov 2011
Categories: Music, New music
Tags: Beethoven's 5th symphony, bernard haitink, Boddie Recording Company, lossless sound, LSO, numero group, Society of Sound albums
Lou Reed and Metallica discuss their new collaboration at Bowers & Wilkins event
Lou Reed and Metallica discuss their new collaborative album, Lulu, at an invite-only Bowers & Wilkins Sound Session. Sound Sessions are regular events which offer fans access to VIP-only listening… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 31 Oct 2011
Categories: Music, New music
Tags: Lars Ulrich, Lou Reed, Lulu, metallica, sound sessions, Zeppelin Air
Video: Peter Gabriel records Red Rain at AIR studios
Peter Gabriel and his New Blood orchestra recording Red Rain at AIR studios. You can read an interview with Dickie Chappell, Peter Gabriel’s engineer here. Read more
Posted on: Friday, 14 Oct 2011
Categories: Music, New music
Tags: AIR studios, Dickie Chappell, New Blood, Peter Gabriel, Real World Studios, Red Rain
TED: Eric Whitacre – A virtual choir, 2000 strong
In this very moving video for TED, composer and internet pioneer Eric Whitacre explains how he brought together a virtual choir to perform one of his pieces using Youtube. Eric… Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 11 Oct 2011
Categories: Music, New music
Tags: Eric Whitacre, Eric Whitacre singers, TED talks, virtual choir, youtube
Guy Garvey and Peter Gabriel in conversation
Peter Gabriel has made an exlusive version of his New Blood album available to Society of Sound members. Continuing on from the orchestration of his previous album, Scratch My Back,… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 10 Oct 2011
Categories: Music, New music
Tags: Elbow, Guy Garvey, New Blood, Peter Gabriel
Classic Recordings: Scott Walker – Scott 4
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